Greek government in crisis after EU subsidy scandal

Greek PM vows to investigate €290m ‘fake’ farmer fraud scandal

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sets up taskforce over alleged scamming of EU agricultural funds after resignation of five senior officialsThe Greek prime minister has vowed to get to the bottom of how a scheme of fraudulent EU subsidy claims could have operated undetected in the country for years, as he admitted that the scandal had revealed “the state’s inadequacy” in dealing with corruption.Faced with revelations that “fake” farmers had been scamming des…

Greek government in crisis after EU subsidy scandal

EU subsidies for growing bananas on Mount Olympus? A scandal concerning illegally obtained EU agricultural subsidies has rocked Greece and led to a number of resignations.

Greek PM vows to investigate €290m ‘fake’ farmer fraud scandal